SRI: SrImathE Ramanujaya nama: Dearest All, Today is the most wonderful day. The Thirunakshathram of Sri Ramanujacharya (Chitthirai Tiruvaadhirai). It is adiyEn's intent to call you all and enjoy immersing ourselves in the most merciful, most auspicious, greatest kalyANa guNAs of YathirAjar- Udayavar- Emperumaanaar, Sri Ramanujacharya. He is unparalleled, unmatched.. a wonderful leader. Sri Ramanujacharya with His towering personality- Fair complexioned- with dwAdasa oordhva pUndram (12 ThirumaN), the pristinely pure saffron sanyaasi robe (that adds beauty to the fair complexion further), the dark tresses curly hair of sikhA which is so charming on His moon like Divine smiling face laden with dayA on us, (Charming Most graceful hirumukham), the white bright pooNool (yagnOpaveedham), the strong thridhaNdam, the lovely Lotus feet- Oh Lord! What a sight It could have been, to those Srivaishnavas must have been blessed with! How nice it would have been to witness Sri Ramanujacharya, walking so gracefully with such an enchanting personality, with his group of sishyas of calibre like KooratthAzhwAn, MudaliANdaan, Embaar, Boy Paraasara Bhattar, Kidaambhi Acchaan, and others?. What a sight! Once, even Periya Nambhi (who had initiated Sri Ramanuja with Pancha smaskaram) saw this group coming in the front and prostrated on the ground falling flat. When asked, he said "It appeared to me as if Alavandhaar is coming with his sishyas! This scene of Divine Beauty of Sri Ramanuja reminds me of Embaar's poem on the azhagu of Ramanuja and declares in the end "illai enaaku edhir; illai enakku edhir; illai enakku edhirE! "There is none equal to me; none equal to me; none equal to me!". True! There is NONE equal to us FOR BEING BLESSED WITH Sri Ramanuja (sampradayam)! EmbAr's description: parppOm enatthigazh pai~nkazhal unRan pallavamE viralum/ paavanamAgiya painthuvaraadai pathintha marunkazhagum/ muppuri noolodu munkail yEndhiya mukkOlthan azhagum/ munnavar tandhidum mozhikaL niRaindhidu muruval nilAvazhahum/ kaRpagamE vizhi karunai pozhindhidum kamalkkaNN azhagum/ kaarisuthan kazhalsoodiya mudiyum kana naRRsihai mudiyum/ yeppozhudhum ethiraaJan vadivazhaghu yen idhayatthuL uLLathaal/ illai enakku edhir; illai enakku edhir; illai enakku edhirE!" Embar's enjoyment of seeing Sri Ramanujacharya's lotus feet, tender fingers reminding one of the creepers, sacred safforn robe, most auspicious pooNool, thridandam, His enchanting smile laden with dayA, large dark eyes reminiscent of wish yielding kaRpaka maram (tree), the kudumi (sikhA) formed by abundant tresses is simply beautiful. EmbAr declares that there is no one equal to him; since YathirAjan's Divine Beauty lingers in his heart. There are nine divine works of our dearest AchAryA. (nava rathnangaL) 1. Sri Bhashyam- The commentary on Brahma sUthrA that establishes Vishishtadvaitic Siddhaantham. 2. Vedantha saarA- 3. Vedantha DeepA- 4. Vedantha sangraham- These three provide shorter and intermediate versions of the commentary on Brahma sUthram. The above three provide the most authoritative texts for us to comprehend the glory of Bhagavadh Ramanuja Siddhaantham. 5. GitA bhashyam- Self explanatory. 6. SharanAgathy Gadhyam - Prose type composition on his ultimate surrender to Lord through Periya Piraatti Sri MahA Lakshmi?s recommendation and assurance and the Lord?s reply. 7. Sri Rnga Gadhyam- Prose type composition on his disqualification and Sri Ranganathan?s most auspicious attributes 8. Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam- The jIvan?s travel to Sri vaikuntam and the beautiful narration of the Parama Padham and its Nathan. 9. Nityam- The Nitya karma anushtaanangaL, a sri vaishnavan shall perform daily. KooratthAzhwAn composed a thaniyan on Sri Ramanujar, which is well known to the group. yo nityam acyuta-padAmbuja-yugma-rukma/ vyAmohatas tad itarANi tRNAya mene / asmadh guror bhagavato 'sya dayaika-sindhO: rAmAnujasya caraNau SaraNam prapadyE/ I take refuge at the feet of my AchAryan Ramanuja, that ocean of mercy who, infatuated with the golden, Lotus Feet of the Lord Sriya:Pathi Sriman Narayanan, considered all else as mere blades of grass. (what an anubhavam!). kaarEy karuNai Ramaanujaa. yaarE aRivaar nin aruLin thanmai? It is RamanujAchArya's grace that we are in the midst of such great Srivaishnava Bhagawathas, to share their anubhavams with us on this day. Sri CG Balaji Swami from Bangalore reminded us today that: in addition to swAmy rAmAnuja, today is also the thirunakshatrams of - - swAmy AtrEya rAmAnuja appuLLAr - swAmy mahA-parakAla brahmatantra-swatantra-parakAla-mahA-dESika - 21st pattam - swAmy rAmAnuja brahmatantra-swatantra-parakAla-mahA-dESika - 25th pattam and - swAmy sAkShAt swAmy - SrImath vEdAnta-rAmAnuja mahA-dESika EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Namo Narayana adiyEn ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! 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